Build Thread Kaladeth’s Xray XB2C 2026

[kaladeth]

My first buggy! Was fun learning and making the jumps. Not so fun when I missed them .

 

[luke66]

Luxury

 

[kaladeth]

Features

• 1 degree Suspension Holders
• Rear Roll Center Holder

• 6 Dot Shock Tower
• Titanium Shock Mounts

• Big Bore Shocks.
• Short shock cap. Short spring collar with different ball joint lengths.

• Hobbywing Xerun V10 G4R 17.5T motor

• Hobbywing Xerun XR10 Pro G3X Stock Spec ESC

• R1wurks DD4 High Torque/Speed Low-Profile Servo

• R1wurks 6400mah 150C 7.6v 2S Shorty Lipo Battery, Graphene

• Tools!

 

[kaladeth]

The build was pretty straightforward:

• At the hobby shop!

• Active Diff and Gear Box

• Slipper
• Rear Shock Tower
• Rear Arms

• Rear Hubs
• Rear Axles
• Rear Turnbuckles

• Steering
• Front Arms
• Bulkhead

• Front Turnbuckles
• Steering Links

• Electronics

• ESC/Motor Wiring

• Battery wiring

• RX Connections

• We've got power!

 

[kaladeth]

Kept the body paint simple single color. Fully expecting to wreck the thing in short order!

 

[kaladeth]

Upgrades

• These lockdown bullet plugs have become my absolute favorite.

• Chassis Protector

• Titanium Driveshafts

• I broke the bulkhead twice on Practice Day 3. Hit the wall at the end of the straight head-on both times. Brass Bulkhead is the temporary solution while waiting for the Aluminum one to come in.

 

[CertifiedMike]

Congrats! Beautiful kit!

 

[kaladeth]

Top 5 lap time averages so far:

Practice Day 1: 18.090
Practice Day 2: 17.190
Practice Day 3: 17.913 reversed track

Painfully slow and consistency is terrible. I think the fast guys do 14s . It’s fun though. I want to get to where I don’t miss a single jump.

 

[kaladeth]

Put a couple more hours into it.

Top 5: 16.773

 

[CertifiedMike]

Put a couple more hours into it.

Top 5: 16.773

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Luxury!

That car is really REALLY NICE!!!

Looks like you're headed in the right direction! You'll be flying around that track in no time!

 

[kaladeth]

Adjusted motor timing to somewhere close to 52. Amp draw is around 6.8-7 A.

Put on fresh boots too!

 

[kaladeth]

Fun Saturday!

Top 5: 16.308

Changes:
- Installed slipper eliminator
- Changed spur from 78T to 72T
- Glued front tire sidewalls

 

[kaladeth]

Chipping away at it.

Practice Day 6: 16.244
Practice Day 7: 15.995

Day 6 - Changed rear toe from 2 degrees to 1 degree. Changed shock oil to 37.5 / front + 32.5 / rear. Set ride height to 14.
Day 7 - Put new tires (Schumacher Splinters / front + Mezzo / rear). Switched back to a 33T pinion. New wing!

 

[DavidB1126]

Dialed!

Seeing that Hudy setup station is making my wallet scream.

Also would love to see some running video too!

 

[DSF5071]

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My first buggy! Was fun learning and making the jumps. Not so fun when I missed them .

Nice looking buggy and setup, I'm looking at getting the XRAY XB2'26. Have you had any problems getting parts? And have you noticed if the Tariffs affected pricing or parts much? I'm in SoCal and would appriciate your insite.
Thanks

 

[kaladeth]

No problems but I haven’t broken anything further thankfully. I should probably buy a second kit as a spares donor.